Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-04

Mr.. Mines is not unwilling to sell more
of his land, but has advanced his price
Oh the balance.
A little daughter of Joseph Casper,
named Eva, about three years old, died
Saturday afternoon of scarlet fever. The
funeral took place yesterday afternoon.
The parents reside on Walnut street,
north of the Rhine.
james Plumber, who has opened a
jswelry store in Wagoner's music rooms
on Third street, has in his possession
several very old clocks which are 10 per.
feet repair, and are decidedly antique.
One of them bears the date of 1853.
The attendance of pupils upon the
city schools to-day has averaged from
one-third to one-half of the number en-
rolled as attendants last year. Many
parents are keeping their children at
home, thinking that the opening of the
schools at this time was injudioious.
The asylum trustees intend to rush
prslimlnariea to the extension Of the in
cane building as rapidly as possible,
tut will not b. able to begin week be-
fare the first Of June. The governor
must first approve plans and then there
must be thirty days advertising before
the contract is let.
A gentleman from Springfield gives
| US the nominees for city officers in that
city on the non-partisan ticket, the only
| one in the field. The nominees are: For
mayor, r. Groot; for school commission
err, George Mead; for alderman, q. w.
Monfore, George Mead, f, w. Butts, D,
| Flick. Monfore and Mead are for the
first ward and the other two for the
second ward.
Saturday the mercury scored eighty
elk, Sunday thirty and this morning
| eighteen above. Great was the fail
| thereof and as the depression was &C.
companied yesterday by a bowling
| snow storm the wintry tendency of the
elements were sufficient to engender
| emphatic comment. Some of those
| April showers referred to in ancient
| literature would now be acceptable,
A freight train on the Iowa and Da-
kota division of the Milwaukee road be.
tween Calliope and Eden ran off the
track on Saturday afternoon and the
work of clearing up the wreck SO de-
iayed all trains that the Yankton &
Sioux City passenger was held as Ek
Point until long after midnight and
consequently did not reach Yankton
until 4 a. m. Sunday.
An important real estate transaction
closed Saturday afternoon, was briefly
referred to ia that days paper. Through
this deal VIM. M. Powers transfers tc
CLARK Brothers, Sioux City real estate
dealers, about seventy acres of lant
lying west and north of Mount Marty
the col sideration beng $4,000. A con
siderable portion Of the purchase none.
was paid down and the balance is t.
come within @ short time. This tract
to be plated under the name of Gram
View addition to Yankton. 1t is locate'
upon one of the highest points In YanB
toms suburbs and is as level as a iool
It, overlooks the Missouri river and tn
: CITY and constitutes on exceedingly de
sirsble residence tract. MIR. Powers ha
made q wide margin by this transaction
to which his sagacity and, public spirl
fully entiSle him. The sale was cor
! illuminated through E. M. O'Brien, VIII
is one of Yankton's wide ayake and sue
cessfnl real estate agents. He has 81
gineered several large sales OF Yenkto
property and is in the field with MOI
: rare chanoea. Grand View addition WI
: eventually be connected with b bus
ness portion of the city by street OF
service.
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